The 2016 African Nations Championship, also known for short as the 2016 CHAN and for sponsorship purposes as the Orange African Nations Championship, was the 4th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by CAF featuring national teams consisting of players playing in their respective national leagues. It was held in Rwanda from 16 January to 7 February 2016.
The defending champions Libya failed to qualify for this edition. It was the first edition which featured the semi-final stage consisting of the runners-up from all 4 groups and the last to be sponsored by Orange as French energy and petroleum giant Total was set to take over from the following edition onward.
Qualification
Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts with the remaining spots being determined by the qualifying rounds which took place between June and October 2015.
Qualified teams
Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance Northern Zone (2014) (2011) Zone West A (2014) Zone West B (2009, 2011) (2011) (2014) Central Zone (2011) (2009) (2014) Central-East Zone (2014) (hosts) (2011) (2011, 2014) Southern Zone (2011) (2009) (2014)
Venues CAF approved 4 stadiums provided by the Rwanda Football Federation.
KigaliKigaliAmahoro StadiumStade Régional NyamiramboCapacity: 30,000Capacity: 22,000ButareGisenyiStade HuyeUmuganda StadiumCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 5,000
Squads
All teams consisted of a maximum of 23 players.
Draw The draw for this edition of the tournament took place on 15 November 2015, 72 hours earlier than planned, at 18:30 CAT (UTC+2), in Kigali. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
The teams were seeded based on their results in the previous 3 editions: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2) and 2014 (multiplied by 3): 7 points for winner 5 points for runner-up 3 points for semi-finalists 2 points for quarter-finalists 1 point for group stage
Based on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group stage The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage.
Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots.
All times were local; CAT (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time would be played.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers Below is the list of goalscorers.
4 goals
Elia Meschak Chisom Chikatara Ahmed Akaïchi
3 goals
Jonathan Bolingi Ernest Sugira
2 goals
Ary Papel Yazid Atouba Alsény Camara Agogo Ibrahima Sory Sankhon Koffi Boua Abdelghani Mouaoui Saad Bguir
1 goal
Gelson Dala Moumi Ngamaleu Samuel Nlend Merveille Bokadi Botuli Bompunga Doxa Gikanji Guy Lusadisu Héritier Luvumbu Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele Nelson Munganga Seyoum Tesfaye Aaron Boupendza Franck Obambou Kilé Bangoura Aboubacar Leo Camara Aboubacar Iyanga Sylla Essis Aka Djobo Atcho Gbagnon Badie Treika Blé Guiza Djédjé Serge N'Guessan Yannick Zakri Yves Bissouma Abdoulaye Diarra Aliou Dieng Sékou Koïta Hamidou Sinayoko Moussa Sissoko Mohamed Aziz Abdeladim Khadrouf Victorien Adebayor Adamou Moussa Mossi Issa Moussa Osas Okoro Emery Bayisenge Hegman Ngomirakiza Mohamed Ben Amor Hichem Essifi Mohamed Ali Moncer Farouk Miya Joseph Ochaya Geofrey Serunkuma Isaac Chansa Christopher Katongo William Manondo
1 own goal
Joël Kimwaki (against Angola) Mohamed Youla (against Ivory Coast)
Awards Below is the list of awards. Best Player: Elia Meschak (DR Congo) Top scorer: Elia Meschak (DR Congo): 4 goals and two assist Goal of the Tournament: Serge N'Guessan (Côte d’Ivoire) against Cameroon Fair Play Trophy: DR Congo Best XI Goalkeeper: Ley Matampi (DR Congo) Defenders: Abdoul Karim Danté (Mali), Joël Kimwaki (DR Congo), Cheick Ibrahim Comara (Côte d’Ivoire), Mohamed Youla (Guinea) Midfielders: Ibrahima Sory Sankhon (Guinea), Mechack Elia (DR Congo), N’Guessan Serge (Côte d’Ivoire), Hamidou Sinayoko (Mali) Forwards: Jonathan Bolingi (DR Congo), Sekou Koïta (Mali) Substitutes: Badra Ali Sangaré (Côte d’Ivoire), Djigui Diarra (Mali), Lomalisa Mutambala (DR Congo), Heritier Luvumbu (DR Congo), Daouda Camara (Guinea), Aka Essis (Côte d’Ivoire), Ernest Sugira (Rwanda), Ahmed Akaïchi (Tunisia), Elvis Chisom Chikataba (Nigeria), Christopher Katongo (Zambia)
Final ranking Below is the final ranking.
References
External links (archived) at CAFOnline.com